19th Annual Chicago Blues Festival

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"She's Nineteen Years Old"

Blues fans will be heading towards the waters in Chicago once again this year when the 19th annual Chicago Blues Festival honors Muddy Waters, May 30-June 2 at Grant Park.
The Chicago Blues Festival is the largest free admission Blues festival in the world, and is open from 12:00-9:30 p.m. daily. The four-day festival offers the some of the best in national, international and local Blues entertainment on six stages with more than 70 performers, preceded by a month of Blues activities (Blues season) throughout Chicago. The Chicago Blues Festival brings people of all ages, families and blues afficionados from all over the world to enjoy the blues. More than half a million people attend this popular festival!
Each day the Chicago Blues Festival has a different theme, with guest appearances by many blues greats and many surprises as well. Past performers include Chuck Berry, Ike Turner, Otis Rush, Irma Thomas, Sam Lay, Honey Boy Edwards, Ray Charles, B.B. King, Koko Taylor, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Buddy Guy, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Homesick James, Elvin Bishop and many more.

Here is the schedule for this year's Blues Festival:

Thursday, May 30

Front Porch Stage:

Noon - 1:00 p.m. Blues In The Schools/Delta Roots
featuring the Grant Academy Blues Babies, Roy Hytower,
Billy Branch, and the Sons of Blues
1:30 - 3:00 p.m. The Black Ensemble Theater's "
Muddy Waters: the Hoochie Coochie Man"
3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Fruteland Jackson
5:00 - 6:00 p.m. Tyree Neal "He's Nineteen Years Old"

Juke Joint Stage:

1:00 - 1:30 p.m. Jerry Ricks
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Eric Noden and the students of Campos High School
3:30 - 4:30 p.m. J.B. Ritchie Band

Gibson Guitar Crossroads Stage:

2:00 - 3:10 p.m. The Amazing Willie Buck
3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Dave Weld and the Imperial Flames
5:00 - 6:00 p.m. Gloria Shannon

Best Buy Fun Zone Stage:

12 - 12:45 p.m. Dave Specter
1:30 - 2:15 p.m. Cleveland Fats
3:00 - 3:45 p.m. Robert Charles
4:30 - 5:15 p.m. Roger Connelly & The Blues Merchants
6:00 - 6:45 p.m. The Buzz

Route 66 Road House Stage:

3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Myth, Legend, and History "What's the Devil Got to do with it" The Life of Peetie Wheatstraw with Paul Garon
4:30 - 6:00 p.m. The Mystery of Son House and the Lives of
the Early Bluesman, Jerry Ricks and Jim Dickinson

Petrillo Music Shell:

6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Nellie "Tiger" Travis and the Men in Black
7:10 - 8:15 p.m. Lee Shot Williams
8:25 - 9:30 p.m. North Mississippi All Stars

Friday, May 31

Front Porch Stage:

Noon - 2:00 p.m. From Jug Band to Classic Blues Understood: featuring Eric Noden and the Jug Stompers, Katherine Davis, Erwin Helfer and his Boogie Woogie Ensemble and the students of Stone Academy, Grant Academy
2:30 - 3:30 p.m. John Weston
4:00 - 5:15 p.m. Big Bill Morganfield
5:45 - 7:00 p.m. John Mooney and Bluesiana

Juke Joint Stage:

1:00 - 1:30 p.m. Carey Bell
2:00 - 2:30 p.m. Big Bill Morganfield
3:00 - 4:00 p.m. John Mooney with Joe Beard
4:30 - 5:30 p.m. John Weston

Gibson Guitar Crossroads Stage:

2:00 - 3:10 p.m. Danny Reed with special guest Ricky Allen
3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Fred Johnson and his Checkmates with special guest Pee Wee Madison
5:00 - 6:00 p.m. John Brim and the Chicago All Stars

Best Buy Fun Zone Stage:

12 - 12:45 p.m. Liz Mandville Greeson
1:30 - 2:15 p.m. Third Stone
3:00 - 3:45 p.m. Ken Saydak
4:30 - 5:15 p.m. Rockin' Johnny Band
6:00 - 6:45 p.m. Noah & The Stratocats
7:15 - 8:00 p.m. Bill Perry

Route 66 Road House Stage:

3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Reflecting on Muddy Waters moderated by Ralph Metcalfe, Jr. and members of the alumni club
4:30 - 5:30 p.m. The Story of Little Walter with Dave Ray and authors Tony Glover, Scott Dirks, and Ward Gaines
6:00 - 7:00 p.m. The Langston Hughes Centennial Session: Poetics of the Blues Sterling Plumpp

Petrillo Music Shell:

6:00 - 7:15 p.m. Muddy Waters Alumni Association: Pinetop Perkins, Carey Bell, Luther Johnson, John Primer, Willie Smith, Calvin "Fuzzy" Jones, and special guest James Cotton
7:25 - 8:30 p.m. James Cotton and his Fiver Star Band
8:40 - 9:30 p.m. Bo Diddley reunited with Billy Boy Arnold, Jody Williams, Clifton James, Ken Saydak and Robert Stroger

Saturday, June 1

Front Porch Stage:

Noon - 2:00 p.m. Sunnyland Slim Memorial Piano Set featuring Detroit Jr. and David Maxwell
2:30 - 3:30 p.m. CeDell Davis
4:00 - 5:00 p.m. "Old Friends Together Again" Homesick James and Honey Boy Edwards with Steve Arvey, Jon McDonald
5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Super Chikan

Juke Joint Stage:

1:00 - 1:30 p.m. Johnny B. Moore
2:00 - 2:30 p.m. Super Chikan
3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Paul Oscher
4:30 - 5:00 p.m. Jerry Ricks

Gibson Guitar Crossroads Stage:

1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Phil Guy and his Chicago Blues Machine
2:40 - 3:20 p.m. LeRoy Parnell
3:30 - 5:00 p.m. W.C. Clark

Best Buy Fun Zone Stage:

12 - 12:45 p.m. Big G & The Real Deal
1:30 - 2:15 p.m. Howard & The Whiteboys
3:00 - 3:45 p.m. Robert Ross
4:30 - 5:15 p.m. Rob Stone & The C-Notes
6:00 - 6:45 p.m. Dona Oxford
7:15 - 8:00 p.m. Ronnie Baker Brooks
Route 66 Road House Stage:

2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Muddy Waters in Print: Robert Gordon and Peter Guralnick in discussion
4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Reissuing the Classics: Bob Porter, Larry Cohn, Chris Strachwitz, and Lawrence Hoffman
5:30 - 7:00 p.m. The Living Blues Interviews: Jim O'Neal and Amy Van Singel

Petrillo Music Shell:

5:00 - 6:30 p.m. Johnny B. Moore
6:40 - 7:50 p.m. Jelly Roll Kings Revisted featuring Jack Johnson, Sam Carr and special guest John Weston
8:00 - 9:30 p.m. Shemekia Copeland

Sunday, June 2

Front Porch Stage:

Noon - 12:30 p.m. "Po Lazarus" with the Carter Singers celebrating James Carter
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Devil in a Woodpile
2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Jessie and her Band
4:00 - 5:30 p.m. Remembering Skip James: and a fond farewell for John Jackson, Cephas and Wiggins and Jerry Ricks
6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Louisiana Red and his Chicago Blues Band

Juke Joint Stage:

1:00 - 1:30 p.m. Jerry Ricks 2:00 - 2:30 p.m. Cephas and Wiggins
3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Tony Rogers and son
4:30 - 5:00 p.m. Louisiana Red

Gibson Guitar Crossroads Stage:

1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Sammy Fender and his Blues Masters
3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Shirley Johnson

Best Buy Fun Zone Stage:

12 - 12:45 p.m. Steve Arvey/Kraig Kenning
1:30 - 2:15 p.m. Renee Austin
3:00 - 3:45 p.m. Howard & The Whiteboys
4:30 - 5:15 p.m. Nigel Mack & The Blues Attack
6:00 - 6:45 p.m. Mighty Blue Kings

Route 66 Road House Stage:

3:00 - 4:30 p.m. All the Wives Club
5:00 - 7:00 p.m. State of the Blues

Petrillo Music Shell:

5:00 - 5:45 p.m. Johnnie Mae Dunson
5:55 - 6:50 p.m. Jimmy Dawkins
7:00 - 7:55 p.m. Betty LaVette
8:05 - 9:30 p.m. Blood Ulmer/Vernon Reid Sun Sessions

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	Thursday, May 30 Front Porch Stage: Noon - 1:00 p.m. Blues In The Schools/Delta Roots featuring the Grant Academy Blues Babies, Roy Hytower, Billy Branch, and the Sons of Blues 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. The Black Ensemble Theater's " Muddy Waters: the Hoochie Coochie Man" 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Fruteland Jackson 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. Tyree Neal "He's Nineteen Years Old" Juke Joint Stage: 1:00 - 1:30 p.m. Jerry Ricks 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Eric Noden and the students of Campos High School 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. J.B. Ritchie Band Gibson Guitar Crossroads Stage: 2:00 - 3:10 p.m. The Amazing Willie Buck 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Dave Weld and the Imperial Flames 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. Gloria Shannon Best Buy Fun Zone Stage: 12 - 12:45 p.m. Dave Specter 1:30 - 2:15 p.m. Cleveland Fats 3:00 - 3:45 p.m. Robert Charles 4:30 - 5:15 p.m. Roger Connelly & The Blues Merchants 6:00 - 6:45 p.m. The Buzz Route 66 Road House Stage: 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Myth, Legend, and History "What's the Devil Got to do with it" The Life of Peetie Wheatstraw with Paul Garon 4:30 - 6:00 p.m. The Mystery of Son House and the Lives of the Early Bluesman, Jerry Ricks and Jim Dickinson Petrillo Music Shell: 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Nellie "Tiger" Travis and the Men in Black 7:10 - 8:15 p.m. Lee Shot Williams 8:25 - 9:30 p.m. North Mississippi All Stars
Friday, May 31 Front Porch Stage: Noon - 2:00 p.m. From Jug Band to Classic Blues Understood: featuring Eric Noden and the Jug Stompers, Katherine Davis, Erwin Helfer and his Boogie Woogie Ensemble and the students of Stone Academy, Grant Academy 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. John Weston 4:00 - 5:15 p.m. Big Bill Morganfield 5:45 - 7:00 p.m. John Mooney and Bluesiana Juke Joint Stage: 1:00 - 1:30 p.m. Carey Bell 2:00 - 2:30 p.m. Big Bill Morganfield 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. John Mooney with Joe Beard 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. John Weston Gibson Guitar Crossroads Stage: 2:00 - 3:10 p.m. Danny Reed with special guest Ricky Allen 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Fred Johnson and his Checkmates with special guest Pee Wee Madison 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. John Brim and the Chicago All Stars Best Buy Fun Zone Stage: 12 - 12:45 p.m. Liz Mandville Greeson 1:30 - 2:15 p.m. Third Stone 3:00 - 3:45 p.m. Ken Saydak 4:30 - 5:15 p.m. Rockin' Johnny Band 6:00 - 6:45 p.m. Noah & The Stratocats 7:15 - 8:00 p.m. Bill Perry Route 66 Road House Stage: 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Reflecting on Muddy Waters moderated by Ralph Metcalfe, Jr. and members of the alumni club 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. The Story of Little Walter with Dave Ray and authors Tony Glover, Scott Dirks, and Ward Gaines 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. The Langston Hughes Centennial Session: Poetics of the Blues Sterling Plumpp Petrillo Music Shell: 6:00 - 7:15 p.m. Muddy Waters Alumni Association: Pinetop Perkins, Carey Bell, Luther Johnson, John Primer, Willie Smith, Calvin "Fuzzy" Jones, and special guest James Cotton 7:25 - 8:30 p.m. James Cotton and his Fiver Star Band 8:40 - 9:30 p.m. Bo Diddley reunited with Billy Boy Arnold, Jody Williams, Clifton James, Ken Saydak and Robert Stroger
	Saturday, June 1 Front Porch Stage: Noon - 2:00 p.m. Sunnyland Slim Memorial Piano Set featuring Detroit Jr. and David Maxwell 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. CeDell Davis 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. "Old Friends Together Again" Homesick James and Honey Boy Edwards with Steve Arvey, Jon McDonald 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Super Chikan Juke Joint Stage: 1:00 - 1:30 p.m. Johnny B. Moore 2:00 - 2:30 p.m. Super Chikan 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Paul Oscher 4:30 - 5:00 p.m. Jerry Ricks Gibson Guitar Crossroads Stage: 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Phil Guy and his Chicago Blues Machine 2:40 - 3:20 p.m. LeRoy Parnell 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. W.C. Clark Best Buy Fun Zone Stage: 12 - 12:45 p.m. Big G & The Real Deal 1:30 - 2:15 p.m. Howard & The Whiteboys 3:00 - 3:45 p.m. Robert Ross 4:30 - 5:15 p.m. Rob Stone & The C-Notes 6:00 - 6:45 p.m. Dona Oxford 7:15 - 8:00 p.m. Ronnie Baker Brooks Route 66 Road House Stage: 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Muddy Waters in Print: Robert Gordon and Peter Guralnick in discussion 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Reissuing the Classics: Bob Porter, Larry Cohn, Chris Strachwitz, and Lawrence Hoffman 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. The Living Blues Interviews: Jim O'Neal and Amy Van Singel Petrillo Music Shell: 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. Johnny B. Moore 6:40 - 7:50 p.m. Jelly Roll Kings Revisted featuring Jack Johnson, Sam Carr and special guest John Weston 8:00 - 9:30 p.m. Shemekia Copeland
Sunday, June 2 Front Porch Stage: Noon - 12:30 p.m. "Po Lazarus" with the Carter Singers celebrating James Carter 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Devil in a Woodpile 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Jessie and her Band 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. Remembering Skip James: and a fond farewell for John Jackson, Cephas and Wiggins and Jerry Ricks 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Louisiana Red and his Chicago Blues Band Juke Joint Stage: 1:00 - 1:30 p.m. Jerry Ricks 2:00 - 2:30 p.m. Cephas and Wiggins 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Tony Rogers and son 4:30 - 5:00 p.m. Louisiana Red Gibson Guitar Crossroads Stage: 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Sammy Fender and his Blues Masters 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. Shirley Johnson Best Buy Fun Zone Stage: 12 - 12:45 p.m. Steve Arvey/Kraig Kenning 1:30 - 2:15 p.m. Renee Austin 3:00 - 3:45 p.m. Howard & The Whiteboys 4:30 - 5:15 p.m. Nigel Mack & The Blues Attack 6:00 - 6:45 p.m. Mighty Blue Kings Route 66 Road House Stage: 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. All the Wives Club 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. State of the Blues Petrillo Music Shell: 5:00 - 5:45 p.m. Johnnie Mae Dunson 5:55 - 6:50 p.m. Jimmy Dawkins 7:00 - 7:55 p.m. Betty LaVette 8:05 - 9:30 p.m. Blood Ulmer/Vernon Reid Sun Sessions